Nursing-bottle bracket.



P. D. KEENANf NURSING BOTTLE BRACKET. APPLICATION FILED JULY 21. 1914.

Patented. July 10, 1917.

WITNESSES:

PETER ID. KEENAN', OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

NURSING-BOTTLE BRACKET.

Specification of Ietters Patent.

Patented July MD, 1121?.

Application filed July 27, 1914. Serial No. 853,301.

vention is to provide a bracket for ready attachment to a chair, table,crib, or other convenient support, and upon which a nursing bottle maybe readily and safely mounted so asto be protected against injury byfalling to the floor or other adjacent surface and being broken whenreleased by the infant.

The invention consists of the parts and the construction and combinationof parts as hereinafter more fully described and claimed, havingreference to the accompanying drawing, in which- The figure is aperspective view of the device,"showing a nursing bottle adjusted inposition thereon.

2 indicates a substantial U-shaped bracket or arm, having a threadedboss 3 for the reception of a thumb-screw 5 with a swivel washer 6adapted to be forced up against a convenient support 7, as the arm of achair or rail of a crib, etc.

Upon the bracket 2 is formed an extension 8 engageable with thesupporting member upon which the bracket may be mounted.

On the opposite and upper member of the' bracket 2 is a tubular threadedarm 9 for receiving a threaded post 10, upon which is mounted a lock nut11 whereby the post 10 may be locked in. suitable adjusted position inthe tube 9 of the bracket. 1 f

Pivoted or otherwise suitably connected to the upper end of the threadedpost 10 is a curved seat or receiver 12 upon which a nursing bottle, as13, may be placed and held firmly thereupon by a spring 14 suitablyconnected to the upper portion of the seat 12; the spring 14: yieldingto receive the bottle 13 when the latter is inserted and operatmg tosecurely hold the bottle against abnormal movements upon the seat 12.Thus I have provided a simple, practicable device adjustable to meet theconditions that may arise in use and which conveniently and effectuallyholds a nursing bottle within reach and use of an infant.

Having thus described my invention,'what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent 1s A holder for nursing bottles, composed of a horizontalseat formed of a metal plate but so :as to be curved in cross-section toconformably'receive the-bottle on itsside therein and having each of itsends free, a

single spring connected at its ends to the sides of said plate at pointscentral of the length of said sides so that said spring extends acrossthe seat, said seat being comparatively short so that a bottle whenplaced therein ill have each of its ends extending beyond t e respectiveends of the seat so that witnesses. PETER D. KEENAN. Witnesses:

